A man marrying a man in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1931? That’s what the above photograph represents. In the same year, it also happened in Lykens, Tremont, Elizabethville, […]
A colorized newspaper photograph of the 1924 boys’ basketball team of the Tremont Township School, Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo was published in the “Down Memory Lane” feature […]
A newspaper photograph of the teacher and pupils of the Rausch Creek School, Rausch Creek, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as published in the “Down Memory Lane” column of the Press-Herald (Tremont), […]
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: Located north of Lorberry Gap and west of Lower Rausch Creek, this colliery was one […]
An undated photograph of a group of men known as the Rausch Creek “Chippers,” Rausch Creek, Schuylkill County, Pensylvania. Identified in the photo: Front Row (seated): James Bonewitz; Charales “Chillow” […]
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a story on the development of […]
At the time of the Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster of March 1977, the Pottsville Republican published an article by Nora Coyne, staff writer, which chronicled the mine disasters that occurred […]
A map of the Markson Colliery at Good Spring near Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The abandoned Markson Colliery workings are located within the Donaldson Syncline of the. Southern Anthracite […]